Official UK procurement notice
AHDB Dairy in Food Service
Authority: AHDB
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAwarded and signed contract, refer to Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-038776 and 2025/S 000-030119.
AHDB required the following: a research deep-dive with the following requirements: Within this one-off deep dive, AHDB would like to understand:
- Key metrics (spend, packs/servings, visits/trips, penetration, average price) for total OOH market (including eating and drinking out, on-the go and takeaway/delivery)
CPV: Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£40,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical/Quality: 80%
- Cost: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical/Quality: • Demonstrate a clear understanding of the brief and research objectives in the proposal. (10%) • Outline a clear approach and highlight any proposed techniques to be used in the methodology and/or analysis - clearly showing how they are relevant and link to achieving the research objectives. (45%) • An objective and well-structured proposal which clearly lays out the required information and includes a detailed breakdown of costs and a project plan with a timeline, identification of any risks/key dates. (10%) • Demonstrate how a process for quality control will be followed for the research (5%) • Experience of project manager and supporting team in delivering similar projects in terms of methodology, location, food sector, communication objectives (10%)
- Cost: • To enable comparability of proposals, a breakdown of costs (by key activities) is to be provided. (20%)
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Jun 2025, 10:18 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Jul 2025, 08:30 BST
- Authority reference
2025-773- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030119- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054345Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
Title for email submission: AHDB Dairy in Food Service
Send back to Strategic.Insight@ahdb.org.uk
Timeline
5 Jun 2025 → 23 Jul 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published5 Jun 2025, 10:18 BST
- Clarification questions by12 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline30 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Contract starts3 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published23 Jul 2025, 08:30 BST
Notice history
8 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Jun 2025- Tender notice published5 Jun 2025, 10:18 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published12 Jun 2025, 08:20 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 30 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST12 Jun 2025, 08:20 BST+7 days · was 23 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Tender notice published18 Jun 2025, 15:48 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published10 Jul 2025, 08:23 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete10 Jul 2025, 08:23 BST
- Contract signature expected11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published23 Jul 2025, 08:30 BSTUK7
Published amendments (2)
Change to closing date of opportunity from the 18th to the 30th June 2025
Clarification questions and answers posted 18/6/25
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-06: 2 releases · 5 Jun 2025, 12 Jun 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUMINA INTELLIGENCE LTD14 Jul 2025 – 10 Sept 2025 | £34,560 | 9 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
AHDB Dairy in Food Service · LUMINA INTELLIGENCE LTD
- Signed
- 22 Jul 2025
- Value
- £34,560
- Period
- 23 Jul 2025 – 10 Sept 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- LUMINA INTELLIGENCE LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Clarification questions and answers dated 18/6/25
- Bidding documents and specifications Specification brief
- Signed contract
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender